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bankroller

bankroller

1 6.0
A person or group who gives money for a project
  • noun
  • /ˈbæŋkˌroʊlər/
translation icon : financiador
  • The problems we're having with politicized science in many, many fields are that the researchers who have the most success are the ones who tell the bankrollers what they want to hear.

Examples

  • Then the bankrollers of a candidate dictate what said candidate will do in office.

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  • I'm going to call these the bankrollers, the contributors, and the integrators.

  • Now he's the frontrunner, with an enormous small-donor database to go along with the big bankrollers.

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  • The bankroller provided the necessary funds for the startup to get off the ground.

  • As a prominent bankroller, she played a crucial role in financing several charitable initiatives.

  • The film project secured a major bankroller who believed in the script and wanted to help it succeed.

Synonyms

funder
vsbankroller
16 3.7

A person or group that gives money to support a project

focuses on supplying the necessary money for projects or businesses

Antonyms

borrower
86 2.3

A person who takes money or things and plans to give them back

debtor
36 4.1

A person or organization that owes money to someone else

How Much

financier
36 7.5
bankroller
1 6.0
backer
73 3.0
donor
230 3.0

Surface Forms

bankroller singular
bankrollers plural

Morphology

bankroller = bankroll (transparent) = bankroll + er

A regular agent noun formed from the verb 'bankroll' with the productive suffix '-er' meaning 'one who provides funding'.

Etymology

Bankroller comes from bankroll, a word built from bank and roll, where roll meant 'a small bundle of paper money'. So a bankroller is someone who gives the money for a project or business.